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How Nature-based Solutions Can Help Control Mississippi Floods
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Hurricane Ida battered Louisiana and Mississippi this week, leaving flooding, power outages and failed levees across the two U.S. states. There's a better way to control flooding. WRI research shows that pairing traditional levees with nature-based solutions, like wetlands restoration and levee setbacks that allow open spaces to flood, are more effective at protecting cities, towns and farmland. Read more.
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A utility worker photographs Hurricane Ida’s waves as they slam against a sea wall in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi on August 29, 2021. Nature-based solutions can make traditional levees better prepared to resist floods. Photo by Steve Helber/AP Photo
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Smarter Farm Subsidies Can Drive Ecosystem Restoration
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Governments pay more than $700 billion a year in agricultural subsidies to create jobs and boost yields. Yet too often these subsidies fail to meet their objectives, while inadvertently driving deforestation. A new WRI report identifies four ways governments can reinvest underperforming ag subsidies in land restoration, stimulating rural prosperity while protecting farmers and the environment. Top of the list: end farm subsidies for underperforming fertilizers and pesticides. Read more
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6 Ways Large Energy Buyers Can Transform the US Electrical Grid
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The United States set a goal of reaching 100% clean electricity by 2035. In a new publication, WRI’s U.S. Energy Program Director Lori Bird and co-authors explain why companies, cities and other large energy buyers are critical to decarbonizing the grid. The key takeaway: Large energy buyers can increase clean energy use and modernize the U.S. power grid by adopting six types of transformative energy procurement methods. Read more.
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3 Benefits of Women’s Collective Land
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Women hold vital economic and agricultural roles within indigenous and customary communities that share the rights to use and manage land. But many lack secure land rights — they can only access land managed by their husbands or male relatives. Guided by WRI research in five communities across five countries, Celine Salcedo-La Vina explores why women’s land rights are essential and lays out the key economic, social and environmental benefits they provide. Read more.
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